His standard does not change!

"Unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ"
(Eph. iv. 13).

[A devotional by A. B. Simpson]

[God loves us so well that He will not suffer us to take less than His highest will. Some day we shall bless our faithful teacher, who kept the standard inflexibly rigid, and then gave us the strength and grace to reach it, and would not excuse us until we had accomplished all His glorious will.]

Now there is an opening for a good devotional. What an awesome Father He is. How often as I look back with my children, that it was easy to take the lesser way than stick to what we know is best for them. Easy to let the chores slip rather than be firm that they must get done. It really wasn't about the chore but completing the task ahead of you. It is that final goal for us Christians, Heaven, and in this life accomplishing God's will for our lives. Right now that is the task ahead of you, don't let it slip by.

[Let us be inexorable with ourselves. Let us mean exactly what God means, and have no discounts upon His promises or commandments. Let us keep the standard up, and never rest until we reach it. "Let God be true and every man a liar." If we fail a hundred times don't let us accommodate God's ideal to our realization, but like the brave ensign who stood in front of his company waving the banner, and when the soldiers called him back he only waved it higher, and cried, "Don't bring the standard back to the regiment, but bring the regiment up to the colors."]

Sometimes it appears the easiest way is to do nothing. Maybe to do a little but not give it your all. This is not what the Father wants from His children. His instructions to us is clear. Matthew 22:37 Jesus said to him, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. Matthew 22:38 This is the first and great commandment. Jesus also said to Mark 16:15And He said to them, Go into all the world, proclaim the gospel to all the creation. We should not wait for the world to come to us but "Go", "proclaim", "to all"! My friends the world is outside the four or five walls that contain you.

[Forward, forward, leave the past behind thee,
Reaching forth unto the things before;
All the Land of Promise lies before thee,
God has greater blessings yet in store.]

From God's heart, to mine, to yours,
Ed Shagott